1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamen unum lente auctum.
5. Pistillum lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossom; leaves grow by fours, linear, and smooth; flowers sit close upon the ends of the branches, upright, and by fours; the leaves of the cup are skinny at the edge, and sawed as if torn.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and branching; smaller branches numerous, and nearly upright.

Leaves grow by fours, linear, smooth, thickish, shining, and spreading out; with very short footstalks.

Flowers sit close in upright bunches, by fours, on the ends of the branches; scarce any footstalks.

Empalement. Cup double, the outer three-leaved, which are awl-shaped, having the edges skinny, and sawed as if torn; the inner has four leaves, which are longer than the others; the points flesh-coloured, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom bellied out, and pellucid, the mouth narrowed, without a pale red, white within; the segments nearly heart-shaped, spreading, and very large.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, within the blossom.